Fiction
Sundown – Susan May Warren
Susan May Warren is my favorite author of the romantic suspense genre. Hands down. I can always depend on her books to capture me. Wrap me in their plots and characters and not loosen their […]
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Non-Fiction
Exit the Cave: Embracing a Life of Courage, Creativity, and Radical Imagination – Blaine Hogan
This moving memoir shows how one man left behind patterns of abuse and dysfunction to find life and healing on the other side. Although I had never heard of the author, this book caught my […]
Non-Fiction
Start with Hello (And Other Simple Ways to Live as Neighbors) – Shannan Martin
When popular bloggers write books, a common critique is that each chapter seems like a blog post. Shannan Martin avoids that common problem in Start with Hello, building on her theme in a sequential way […]
Non-Fiction
Now I Am Known: How a Street Kid Turned Foster Dad Found Acceptance and True Worth – Peter Mutabazi
This powerful true story is hard to put down. Peter Mutabazi shares about his childhood suffering from his father’s abuse, his years living on the street in his home country of Uganda, and the powerful […]
Non-Fiction
Good News for Anxious Christians: 10 Practical Things You Don’t Have to Do – Phillip Cary
Throughout this book, Phillip Cary addresses common evangelical beliefs, showing how mantras like “let go and let God” create unnecessary stress and anxiety for people who believe them. He approaches this topic from his vantage […]
Fiction
Where the Blue Sky Begins – Katie Powner
How do you review a novel with such a bittersweet ending? A novel that leaves your heart feeling both warm and broken? Where the Blue Sky Begins was my first Katie Powner novel, and she […]
Fiction
Body of Evidence – Irene Hannon
Before I read Body of Evidence by Irene Hannon, it had been over a year since I’d picked up a novel by this particular author. I did not enjoy Labyrinth of Lies as much as […]
Non-Fiction
Silencing White Noise – Willie Francois III
There have been droves of books on antiracism, both for the general market and specifically designed for the Christian market. Silencing White Noise is the latter, written by Willie Francois III, president of the Black […]
Academic
The Home of God – Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz
In 2019, Miroslav Volf presented the University of Birmingham’s Cadbury Lectures, speaking on the topic of the world as God’s home. That content has been reworked with Ryan McAnnally-Linz into book form and released as […]
Non-Fiction
Abuelita Faith – Kat Armas
I am a white, male American pastor. When I consider my academic training—B.S. in Religion, M.A. in Theological Studies, D.Min. in Ministerial Leadership—and reflect on my professors, they are almost exclusively also white, also male, […]